Flying-machine.



L. SUMMER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILBD JULY 14, 1911.

Patented June 24, 1913- m ss.

LUDVIIG SOMMER, ,QF untcn, qggnrnny.

Application filed July 14, 19 11. Serial ,Ne. 6

Elie it known that l, Li'nwn'; QUMMHJ}, e'itizen of \(te.i'n::-in resilin; at Munich, Bavaria, Ger-main', have .ini'entral rertain new :l-lltl usetrrl linprnrenn-uts in l'l x"in ;'-;\latilLines; and l (to lltlelrY (lttlzil'C the tollow ring .to .he a full. t-lear, aml exact description o l? tt'he ill-\ttltltlll. Sllt'll as will enable othe s skilled in the art to \\'llltll it appertainsto make and use the same.

'.l he present invention relates to a tlying apparatus whieh enables man to t-ly without the aid of a motor or a balloon filled with The device based on the prineiple of .aninnil flight. The organs of ,tlight, for instance, in the ease ot hircls, consist of wing of whieh :the outermost parts, act as oars, while the inner surfaces, and also the tail feathers. are to he etmsitleretl as carrying mflsustaiuing surfaces. For purposes of 'llllllliltl flight it is advisable to provideseparate parts to art. as oar and carrying surfaees, as to romhine these surfaces into one,

as-with hints presents great technical tlitlieulties.

Flhe invention is illustratively exemplified in the aeeompa (iiig lr-a\\'in vherein ;l i gl ,re l is a perspective mew of a form ot'the invention.enihetlying a single sustaining planephig. L is a |nllai'\'ie\i"ofan1orli= littl form tttilXHLYlllg,t\\() paralletsustaining planes; .l ig. 3 is a similar view of a ;fur-t .her nuatitiwl Fox-in wherein the aetuating nn-nihers are supported from the hotly 0f .the operator; .l ig. 4 is a similar View of :1v .still further llltltlllltd 'forui; Fig. 5 is a reaifl elerational .view of a human being show in the manner nt altarhing the actuating nit-tubers.-

tlyingaleviee,aeeortling to the presentinventiou.eonsists (if one or .IllUl'C parallel plane or slightly curved Hurfatas, of any tl\.\'ll"t(l form, for instanee, circular or ring; shaped. l or imparting motion to the deriv and for steering ozus or .\\'ings ar- -ran; -e4l in pairs are provided.

Specification of Letters patent.

' faees correspond ngappro;

either up or down, baelcwand or forward any desired curves or :eirc tes and can 1511s?) he turned about its 1m i i i I I ia fts of he guitlanee and tu rning it (pairs is accomplished with the Help gt a handle pro eeting inward jfrnn .tl'e point.

of turning; in the case of a vi igffiorlijn 'stanre, a handle arrangedlbeyiinttthe point;

of turninginay serve for this n rfpqse. lltie outer part of eaeh oar or winif eon sts Ofa l hlllftltO, which may he of very elitfei forms. i p

It the tiring-deriee is operated by lnunan power alone, it is necessary in the ease of normal horizontal flight, for the eenter gr n'itv of the person I -11g to etii re poritl with the/center of .grari ty of ,the Call surface. or surfaces. i

It will he. ohrions that a;tlyingrgleriee10f 75 the kind h ere (leseribed na yl b'e proviglctl I i with several pairsot' oars or niltgsttntl tiny he manned by several ,permns. \Ill, 10 latter ease the -:lt) O\'Q*l l| tlltltllltltl ee nlitioltastothe center of grznity must also lie .taiken intt) COllStCl Ql'iltlQll. l

ring to Figs. 1 to 4 D legiguatesthe ttllftllllg-ptlllit's at the ,oars the eenter of gravity o center of gran y oft-l pen 0 confnsion, the ,ltltlgtlls "it' eonnertingthe or other inegu1s ,,0.f I shown inthe drawing.

What. I .elai ni as .iny inventi m and desire to secure Letters @l-atent, .is:

1 In a gtevice of ,tl eelmracter,ghscrilyed.

the eombination with a snstaining ipla ne of means whereby a .lnnnan being n ght ported .hy said plane with thefee-nter I gravity of saitl.lnnna'n heing(:oinei lingwitli the eenter of gravit uof lthlllgl lte, tnd g,

like actuating means supportedjat 'onepgint only and capable of livingmanually nifjtl in an (lireetion relatively to I l I L'. tn a h-ri -ent tluelnu'aeter ,gieserilged,

a plurality .ol ant-ans ;lt'll thereof:heing adapted to support a human being with his In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my center of gravity coinciding with the center signature in the presence of two witnesses. of gravity of said plane, and oar like actuating means supported by the device at one LUDWIG SOMMER' 5 point only and capable of being manually Witnesses:

moved in any direction relatively to said ARTHUR V. WV. Com,

4 plane. i MATHILDE R. HELD. 

